When I was talking to her about her table manners, she stared at me as if listening to me attentively but I could see her mind ______somewhere else.
Her husband felt it would be silly to __ the colour of the curtains before they had painted the room.
He spoke so quickly that I didn't _____ what he said.
Every time he tried to start the car, the wheels _____ deeper into the mud.
As the storm drew near, black clouds were _____ over the sky.
It's no _____ arguing about it, because he will never change his mind.